1903 CE

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First Tour De France Start

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The 1903 Tour de France was the first cycling race set up and sponsored by the newspaper L'Auto, ancestor of the current daily, L'Équipe. It ran from 1 to 19 July in six stages over 2,428 km (1,509 mi), and was won by Maurice Garin. The race was invented to boost the circulation of L'Auto, after its circulation started to plummet from competition with the long-standing Le Vélo.

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Départ de la première étape du premier Tour de France (Villeneuve-Saint-Georges 1903)Jules BeauPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Frimärken ur Gösta Bodmans filatelistiska motivsamling, påbörjad 1950. Frimärke från Frankrike, 1953. Motiv av "Tvänne cyklister i tävlan: "Frankrike runt." 50-årsminne av "Tour de France" (Frankrike runt) cyklisttävlingen: 1903-1953."Swedish National Museum of Science and TechnologyPublic domainEuropeana
Gala-avond Tour de France in het Olympisch Stadion te Amsterdam, De 85-jarige Maurice Garin, de eerste winnaar van de Tour de France in 1903, rijdt een rondjeNational Archives of the NetherlandsPublic domainEuropeana

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